Raiders Formally File to Leave Oakland Behind
The Oakland Raiders have submitted their formal application to move the franchise to Las Vegas, filing the paperwork a month before it was due. The league’s 32 owners are expected…
Lake Merritt Rising: The Plans for a Grand Parking Lot Parcel with Views
The site of a gas station from the mid-1940s to 1991, the service station at 500 Grand Avenue was demolished in 1992, its underground storage tanks were removed, and the…
Bankrupt West Oakland Project Site in Play
While the West Oakland warehouse at the corner of Filbert and 24th Streets is in the hands of a bankruptcy trustee, and the entitlements to level the site and construct…
Supersized North Oakland Development Closer to Reality
The refined designs for a 25-story tower to rise up to 260 feet in height at 532 Turquoise Street, across from the MacArthur BART Station in North Oakland, will be…
Shrunken Development Newly Rendered and Rationalized
Plans for a pair of residential towers to rise up to 27 stories in height at 325 Seventh Street, on an S-shaped site extending from the corner of 7th and…
Help for Victims of the Ghost Ship Fire (UPDATED)
Our thoughts and sympathies are with everyone affected by Friday night’s tragic fire at the Ghost Ship collective on 31st Avenue in Oakland, in with 36 people perished. For those…
Planning for Proposed 3-Acre Uptown Oakland Project Underway
As proposed, the entire Uptown Oakland block bounded by Telegraph, Broadway, 21st and 22nd Streets will be razed and a 1.35-million square foot development will rise across the 3-acre site…
How This Oakland Tower Could Rise up to 399 Feet
While the Downtown Oakland block bounded by Franklin, Webster, 13th and 14th Streets is currently zoned for building up to 275 feet in height, plans for 399-foot tower to rise…
Plans for an Even Bigger Downtown Oakland Tower Revealed
Known as the “1314 Franklin Street Site,” the full Downtown Oakland block bounded by 13th, 14th, Franklin and Webster Streets is currently covered by a 520-space parking garage and hit…
Clock Is Ticking for a Bankrupt West Oakland Redevelopment Site
Plans to level the West Oakland warehouse at the corner of Filbert and 24th Streets and develop 55 townhouses, with a courtyard open space for the new condos and five…